2009 Long Course National Qualifiers

Congratulations to all the swimmers who have achieved a National cut in one or more events. And special recognition to those swimmers who will be part of the Countryside Torpedoes Long Course National Team for the first time.

National Team Qualifiers
Kevin Becker	Tyler Benner	Carlo Biedenharn
Megan Bowersox	Lynn Brotherton	Carolyn Carter
Tim Early	Rachel Grove	Christian Josephsen
Jacob Kramb	Aaron Lawson	Emilee Letarte
Breann M^cDowell	Ethan M^cNeil	Tyler Nuss
Paul Skousen	Mandi Sosnowski	Therese Stevens
Bryan Strobehn	Paige Theobald	Sam VanDyke
Matt Whitehurst	Ian Wooley	Steven Zimmerman
National Team Hopefuls

A summary of Countryside’s results is below or you can follow the Real Time Results yourself. You can also visit the official main page for the meet.
Swimnetwork.com will be providing a live webcast from the YMCA LC National Meet Tuesday through Friday and archived videos of finals (but not the 1500m events Monday due to a scheduling conflict).
Heat Sheets for each session are available after the previous session is complete.
If you’re on Twitter.com, you can follow YNats to get notified when new information is up on the national site.
The Torpedoes National Team has returned from the YMCA Long Course National Championship Meet having placed 8^th overall. The full results by day can be found on the National Team page.

It’s certainly worth pointing out that Countryside had entries in 40 of the 44 events this year and put swimmers on the podium having scored points in 18 events. This is tremendous evidence of the depth of the team.

Monday (Full Results and Team Scores): (Events 43 and 44): The meet starts with Carolyn and Carlo swimming in the 1500m event Monday evening. Carolyn’s heat swam before Carlo’s and she dropped time to take 20^th place. If this were prelims, she could come back and swim in the new C final. Carlo dropped nearly a full minute off his seed time with a very consistent pace to claim 8^th place and put Marty Hubbell’s old record on notice that it’s going down next time. Too bad there’s not an A final to give Carlo another chance this week.
Event 43 Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle: 20 Carolyn Carter 16 Countryside-OH 18:29.28 18:23.94 1:08.43 2:19.43 (1:11.00) 3:31.39 (1:11.96) 4:43.67 (1:12.28) 5:55.75 (1:12.08) 7:08.13 (1:12.38) 8:21.36 (1:13.23) 9:35.08 (1:13.72) 10:49.62 (1:14.54) 12:04.19 (1:14.57) 13:19.40 (1:15.21) 14:35.36 (1:15.96) 15:51.81 (1:16.45) 17:08.33 (1:16.52) 18:23.94 (1:15.61)
Event 44 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle: 8 Carlo Biedenharn 17 Countryside-OH 17:25.06 16:28.90 1:01.87 2:07.79 (1:05.92) 3:14.12 (1:06.33) 4:20.64 (1:06.52) 5:27.62 (1:06.98) 6:33.75 (1:06.13) 7:39.80 (1:06.05) 8:47.14 (1:07.34) 9:53.82 (1:06.68) 11:00.26 (1:06.44) 12:06.48 (1:06.22) 13:12.39 (1:05.91) 14:18.42 (1:06.03) 15:24.35 (1:05.93) 16:28.90 (1:04.55)

Tuesday (Full Results and Team Scores): (Events 1 through 12): CY had five individual swimmers and the men’s relay in the first night’s finals. Breann McDowell broke a long-standing record in the 400m Freestyle during the preliminary session by over 3 seconds with a 4:25.00.
Event 1 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke: 84 Emilee Letarte 17 Countryside-OH 1:01.74Y 1:11.54 QUAL
Event 2 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke: 3 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 1:00.34 58.04 QUAL; 3 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 58.04 57.60; 35 Ian Wooley 14 Countryside-OH 1:04.05 1:02.16 QUAL; 43 Tyler Benner 16 Countryside-OH 55.53Y 1:02.80 QUAL; 68 Jacob Kramb 18 Countryside-OH 1:05.06 1:04.72 QUAL
Event 3 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle: 3 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 4:34.90 4:25.00 QUAL (new CY record); 5 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 4:25.00 4:25.71; 30 Carolyn Carter 16 Countryside-OH 5:09.08Y 4:39.55 QUAL
Event 4 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle: 10 Carlo Biedenharn 17 Countryside-OH 4:16.82 4:11.64 QUAL; 12 Carlo Biedenharn 17 Countryside-OH 4:11.64 4:12.79; 12 Tyler Nuss 18 Countryside-OH 4:24.30 4:12.98 QUAL; 15 Tyler Nuss 18 Countryside-OH 4:12.98 4:14.26; 45 Tyler Benner 16 Countryside-OH 4:50.80Y 4:21.97 QUAL; 86 Matthew Whitehurst 16 Countryside-OH 4:32.12 4:36.82; 87 Kevin Becker 16 Countryside-OH 4:31.90 4:39.43
Event 5 Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke: 105 Mandi Sosnowski 15 Countryside-OH 38.15 37.83 QUAL
Event 6 Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke: 13 Ethan McNeil 18 Countryside-OH 32.86 31.49 QUAL; 12 Ethan McNeil 18 Countryside-OH 31.49 31.41; 44 Christian Josephsen 15 Countryside-OH 33.52 32.80 QUAL; 150 Matthew Whitehurst 16 Countryside-OH 34.65 35.57 QUAL
Event 7 Women 200 LC Meter IM: (no entries from Countryside)
Event 8 Men 200 LC Meter IM: 48 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 2:24.49 2:18.16 QUAL; 68 Tim Early 16 Countryside-OH 2:24.14 2:20.49 QUAL
Event 9 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle: 152 Therese Stevens 17 Countryside-OH 29.27 29.91
Event 10 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle: 101 Paul Skousen 17 Countryside-OH 26.74 26.34 QUAL
Event 11 Women 200 LC Meter Medley Relay: 21 Countryside-OH 2:11.02 2:06.64 QUAL 1) Emilee Letarte 17 2) Breann McDowell 17 3) Sam Vandyke 18 4) Lynn Brotherton 17 33.71 1:09.17 (35.46) 1:38.83 (29.66) 2:06.64 (27.81)
Event 12 Men 200 LC Meter Medley Relay: 6 Countryside-OH 1:55.56 1:50.81 QUAL 1) Steven Zimmerman 16 2) Ethan McNeil 18 3) Christian Josephson 15 4) Tyler Nuss 18 27.39 58.75 (31.36) 1:25.11 (26.36) 1:50.81 (25.70); 6 Countryside-OH 1:50.81 1:51.04 1) Steven Zimmerman 16 2) Ethan McNeil 18 3) Christian Josephson 15 4) Ian Wooley 14 27.58 59.10 (31.52) 1:25.54 (26.44) 1:51.04 (25.50)

Wednesday (Full Results and Team Scores): (Events 13-20, 22): More team records are being broken or improved today. Lynn Brotherton broke the 100m Butterfly record in the first event of the morning and Breann McDowell improved her 200m Freestyle record by over 2 seconds. Carlo Biedenharn set a new record in the 800m Freestyle just minutes after leading off the 400m Freestyle Relay. Sam VanDyke swam in the C final of the 100m Butterfly almost as fast as Lynn did in the morning and better than the previous record.
Event 13 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly: 16 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 1:06.67 1:05.55 QUAL (new CY record); 16 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 1:05.55 1:05.98; 23 Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 1:08.13 1:06.20 QUAL; 22 Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 1:06.20 1:05.66 (new CY record)
Event 14 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly: 21 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 1:00.61 59.34 QUAL; 20 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 59.34 59.12 QUAL; 23 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 1:00.73 59.47 QUAL; 22 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 59.47 59.19 QUAL; 40 Ian Wooley 14 Countryside-OH 1:01.52 1:00.33 QUAL; 63 Paul Skousen 17 Countryside-OH 1:03.16 1:01.76 QUAL; 68 Tim Early 16 Countryside-OH 1:03.41 1:02.01 QUAL
Event 15 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke: (no entries from Countryside)
Event 16 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke: 23 Ethan McNeil 18 Countryside-OH 2:36.93 2:34.22; 21 Ethan McNeil 18 Countryside-OH 2:34.22 2:34.92
Event 17 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle: 4 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 2:09.19 2:06.83 (new CY record); 30 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 2:16.04 2:12.86; 98 Therese Stevens 17 Countryside-OH 2:16.96 2:21.55
Event 18 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle: 12 Carlo Biedenharn 17 Countryside-OH 2:01.86 1:58.62; 16 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 2:02.15 1:58.91; 48 Tyler Nuss 18 Countryside-OH 2:04.54 2:01.58; 104 Jacob Kramb 18 Countryside-OH 2:07.17 2:06.94
Event 19 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 9 Countryside-OH 4:08.43 4:04.02 QUAL 1) Lynn Brotherton 17 2) Sam Vandyke 18 3) Mandi Sosnowski 15 4) Breann McDowell 17 1:01.05 2:01.85 (1:00.80) 3:05.01 (1:03.16) 4:04.02 (59.01); 15 Countryside-OH 4:04.02 4:05.61 QUAL 1) Lynn Brotherton 17 2) Sam Vandyke 18 3) Mandi Sosnowski 15 4) Breann McDowell 17 1:01.16 2:02.09 (1:00.93) 3:05.51 (1:03.42) 4:05.61 (1:00.10)
Event 20 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 19 Countryside-OH 3:49.37 3:44.94 1) Carlo Biedenharn 17 2) Christian Josephson 15 3) Steven Zimmerman 16 4) Tyler Nuss 18 57.16 1:54.38 (57.22) 2:48.48 (54.10) 3:44.94 (56.46)
Event 22 Men 800 LC Meter Freestyle: 12 Carlo Biedenharn 17 Countryside-OH 8:58.08 8:46.98 (new CY record) 1:03.47 2:09.92 (1:06.45) 3:17.49 (1:07.57) 4:25.17 (1:07.68) 5:31.80 (1:06.63) 6:38.27 (1:06.47) 7:44.34 (1:06.07) 8:46.98 (1:02.64)

Thursday (Full Results and Team Scores): (Events 23-32): The preliminary session is over and everyone swam at his or her best. Six swimmers are coming back for finals in individual events and both of the 800m Freestyle relays swim tonight. Great finals swims in the 100m Freestyle where Breann improved her record and in the 200m Backstroke where Steven slashed 2.5 seconds off the year-old record with his 2^nd place finish that was a tight race from start to finish. Then we came to the close of the evening with some great relays. First, Lynn, Sam, and Breann decided to trade their record with Anna from last year for a new one with Carolyn (which is only fair since Lynn replaced Sydnee from 2007). Then Carlo decided to trade Matt, Andrew, and Jim from the 800m Relay record last year for a new crew with Tyler, Ethan, and Steven.
Event 23 Women 400 LC Meter IM: (no entries from Countryside)
Event 24 Men 400 LC Meter IM: 16 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 5:03.28 4:50.17; 13 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 4:50.17 4:48.54; 21 Tyler Nuss 18 Countryside-OH 5:05.70 4:51.20; 21 Tyler Nuss 18 Countryside-OH 4:51.20 scratch; 41 Tim Early 16 Countryside-OH 5:02.03 4:59.48
Event 25 Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle: 6 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 59.55 59.39; 4 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 59.39 58.87 (new CY record); 71 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 1:02.56 1:02.25; 77 Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 1:03.19 1:02.35; 124 Mandi Sosnowski 15 Countryside-OH 1:03.68 1:03.74; 158 Therese Stevens 17 Countryside-OH 1:03.13 1:06.52
Event 26 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle: 104 Paul Skousen 17 Countryside-OH 57.61 57.39
Event 27 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke: 39 Carolyn Carter 16 Countryside-OH 2:34.82 2:28.82 QUAL; 51 Emilee Letarte 17 Countryside-OH 2:11.48Y 2:30.38 QUAL
Event 28 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke: 2 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 2:07.24 2:05.35 (new CY record); 2 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 2:05.35 2:03.46; 32 Tyler Benner 16 Countryside-OH 2:25.96 2:17.33; 74 Jacob Kramb 18 Countryside-OH 2:25.07 2:23.35
Event 29 Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly: 17 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 29.79 30.14; 17 Lynn Brotherton 17 Countryside-OH 30.14 29.63; 71 Breann McDowell 17 Countryside-OH 31.19 31.27; -- Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 31.35 DQ
Event 30 Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly: 18 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 27.48 27.06; 17 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 27.06 26.50; 42 Ian Wooley 14 Countryside-OH 27.79 27.72; 91 Paul Skousen 17 Countryside-OH 29.78 28.72
Event 31 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 6 Countryside-OH 8:58.69 8:46.55 QUAL (new CY record) 1) Lynn Brotherton 17 2) Sam Vandyke 18 3) Carolyn Carter 16 4) Breann McDowell 17 1:02.97 2:12.44 (2:12.44) 3:15.69 (1:03.25) 4:23.81 (2:11.37) 5:29.96 (1:06.15) 6:39.48 (2:15.67) 7:39.49 (1:00.01) 8:46.55 (2:07.07)
Event 32 Men 800 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 7 Countryside-OH 8:12.72 8:00.31 (new CY record) 1) Tyler Nuss 18 2) Ethan McNeil 18 3) Carlo Biedenharn 17 4) Steven Zimmerman 16 58.28 2:01.25 (2:01.25) 2:59.79 (58.54) 4:04.00 (2:02.75) 5:00.42 (56.42) 6:02.25 (1:58.25) 6:57.51 (55.26) 8:00.31 (1:58.06)

Friday (Full Results and Team Scores): (Events 33-42, 21): Another great day of swimmers at their best! Through event 40 with just the 400m Medley Relays and Carolyn’s 800m Freestyle to go, all the swims have been LTB or right at the seed time.

The Women’s team ended up 17^th, the Men 7^th, for a Combined Team score that places Countryside in 8^th place overall for the meet.
Event 33 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 21 Countryside-OH 1:57.21 1:54.12 1) Lynn Brotherton 17 2) Sam Vandyke 18 3) Mandi Sosnowski 15 4) Breann McDowell 17 57.34 ( ) 1:54.12 (56.78)
Event 34 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay: 26 Countryside-OH 1:45.27 1:42.90 1) Carlo Biedenharn 17 2) Steven Zimmerman 16 3) Ian Wooley 14 4) Tyler Nuss 18 50.76 ( ) 1:42.90 (52.14)
Event 35 Women 200 LC Meter Butterfly: 8 Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 2:29.73 2:25.48; 5 Sam Vandyke 18 Countryside-OH 2:25.48 2:23.26
Event 36 Men 200 LC Meter Butterfly: 7 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 2:09.68 2:09.70; 6 Aaron Lawson 17 Countryside-OH 2:09.70 2:08.06; 24 Tim Early 16 Countryside-OH 2:15.62 2:15.67; 21 Tim Early 16 Countryside-OH 2:15.67 2:14.01; 23 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 2:18.64 2:15.59; 24 Christian Josephson 15 Countryside-OH 2:15.59 2:16.62; 48 Bryan Strobehn 16 Countryside-OH 2:25.86 2:21.90
Event 37 Women 50 LC Meter Backstroke: 119 Emilee Letarte 17 Countryside-OH 29.34Y 34.37; 131 Rachel Grove 16 Countryside-OH 29.82Y 34.54; 146 Megan Bowersox 18 Countryside-OH 34.59 34.91; 161 Paige Theobald 14 Countryside-OH 34.43 35.24
Event 38 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke: 3 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 28.52 27.61; 3 Steven Zimmerman 16 Countryside-OH 27.61 27.16; 15 Ian Wooley 14 Countryside-OH 29.68 29.02; 12 Ian Wooley 14 Countryside-OH 29.02 28.76; 26 Jacob Kramb 18 Countryside-OH 29.64 29.46; 22 Jacob Kramb 18 Countryside-OH 29.46 29.43; 39 Tyler Benner 16 Countryside-OH 30.80 29.88
Event 39 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke: (no entries from Countryside)
Event 40 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke: 31 Ethan McNeil 18 Countryside-OH 1:11.32 1:11.02
Event 41 Women 400 LC Meter Medley Relay: 21 Countryside-OH 4:44.97 4:37.91 1) Emilee Letarte 17 2) Breann McDowell 17 3) Lynn Brotherton 17 4) Sam Vandyke 18 1:12.19 2:30.60 (1:18.41) 3:36.86 (1:06.26) 4:37.91 (1:01.05)
Event 42 Men 400 LC Meter Medley Relay: 5 Countryside-OH 4:08.60 4:04.76 1) Steven Zimmerman 16 2) Ethan McNeil 18 3) Aaron Lawson 17 4) Tyler Nuss 18 58.73 2:09.73 (1:11.00) 3:08.80 (59.07) 4:04.76 (55.96); 5 Countryside-OH 4:04.76 4:02.69 1) Steven Zimmerman 16 2) Ethan McNeil 18 3) Aaron Lawson 17 4) Tyler Nuss 18 58.08 2:07.50 (1:09.42) 3:06.84 (59.34) 4:02.69 (55.85)
Event 21 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle: 23 Carolyn Carter 16 Countryside-OH 10:41.65Y 9:34.21 1:08.95 2:21.14 (1:12.19) 3:33.26 (1:12.12) 4:45.41 (1:12.15) 5:57.89 (1:12.48) 7:10.19 (1:12.30) 8:22.86 (1:12.67) 9:34.21 (1:11.35)